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WGU-C909: Elementary Reading Methods and
Interventions: Pre-Assessment Questions and
Correct Detailed Answers/ Graded A+
Explain the Constructivist Theory - Correct Answer - when people construct their own/different understanding of the world through their own personal experiences.
Explain the Sociocultural Theory - Correct Answer - active, social and subjective and individual mental functioning is related to cultural, institutional and historical context
What is schema? - Correct Answer - the way knowledge is represented, how we use it and how it expands in our minds.
What is the cognitive-constructivist view of reading? - Correct Answer - emphasizes that reading is a process in which the reader actively searches for meaning in what she reads.
What is Reader Response Theory? - Correct Answer - the meaning one gains from text and the result of a transaction between the reader and the text & that readers will have a range of responses to literary works.
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pg. 2 What is Oral Language Development - Correct Answer - the ability to understand spoken language and use it to convey a message.
Explain how oral language and support vocabulary development. - Correct Answer
- The more you read to children the larger vocabulary they will develop. Hearing a
word repeated, spoken by important people, and in a meaningful context will help them learn new words.
Discuss the stages of writing development - Correct Answer - Scribbling/drawing, letter-like forms & shapes, letters, letters & spaces, conventional writing & spelling.
Discuss the stages of reading development - Correct Answer - Emergent readers develop an understanding of the alphabet, phonological awareness, and early phonics. Early fluent readers are more automatic, with more energy devoted to comprehension than word attack. Fluent readers move from "learning to read" to "reading to learn." Reading is done with expression and proper pauses.
In a 6th grade classroom, the teacher incorporates a cognitive-constructivist approach to reading. His students are reading a novel and working on using inferencing skills to create a stronger connection to the text. How would this teacher most likely encourage his students to engage with the text? - Correct Answer - -Encouraging students to find meaning in the text by using their own background experiences to understand and infer information about events and relationships in the story.
A first-grade teacher in an urban school has 18 students from diverse backgrounds with varying ability levels. Some of the students are reading below grade level, while others struggle with alphabetic knowledge and fluency. The teacher would 2 / 4
pg. 3 like to use DIBELS to help guide reading instruction to enhance academic outcomes for students.
How does this assessment help the teacher make decisions about curriculum and instructional strategies?By understanding students' knowledge of sight vocabulary and word-identification strategies, the teacher can increase or decrease decoding strategies.By understanding students' knowledge of letter-sound relationships and phonics patterns, the teacher can determine whether to increase or decrease vocabulary instruction.By understanding students' letter knowledge, sound-symbol relationship, and skill at reading simple sentences using word tiles, the teacher can increase or - Correct Answer – By understanding students' letter-name knowledge, nonsense word decoding, and oral-reading fluency, the teacher can increase or decrease phonics-based or reading instruction in comprehension.
A second-grade teacher in an urban, Title I school has 14 students who are struggling with decoding. Most of the students failed the recent reading assessment. It appears that many students were guessing at initial consonant sounds and selecting words from the word bank that were incorrect.
How will this assessment help guide the teacher's decisions about curriculum and instructional strategies?The scores indicate that the teacher needs to focus on phonics instruction to increase the students' decoding skills.The scores indicate that the teacher needs to select a higher, grade-level primer to increase the students' vocabulary knowledge.
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The scores indicate that the teacher needs to have students spend more time writing vocabulary words to increase decoding skills.The scores indicate that the teacher needs to have students do more independent reading in grade-level texts to increase fluency and decoding - Correct Answer – The scores indicate that the teacher needs to focus on phonics instruction to increase the students' decoding skills.
What is an example of a Tier 2 intervention in the response to intervention (RTI) strategy for general education students?
A counselor works with several students who are struggling with the divorce of their parents.A general education teacher uses direct instruction during a vocabulary lesson on mammals.A special education teacher works with one student who has failed to make academic progress over a period of four months.A reading specialist works with a small group of students who are reading slightly below grade level and struggle with content area vocabulary. - Correct Answer – A reading specialist works with a small group of students who are reading slightly below grade level and struggle with content area vocabulary.
A fourth-grade teacher notices two students are reading below grade level after several months of instruction. The teacher has been using direct instruction in a whole-group setting and has included a lot of modeling for all of the students. The two students fail a reading test. The teacher decides to implement a response to intervention (RTI) model in the classroom after consulting with the guidance counselor.
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